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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2018, 4:49 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2018, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 4:34 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:34 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1057 AM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081600- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 1057 AM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region through this evening. Showers and storms will be slow moving and could quickly drop 1 to 3 inches of rain with locally higher amounts within a short period of time. Excessive runoff from heavy rains could result in localized flooding, especially in low lying and poor drainage areas. A few of the stronger storms that develop today could produce brief strong wind gusts in excess of 40 mph and also contain frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Expect scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to redevelop each day. Gusty straight line winds...frequent cloud to ground lightning and periods of very heavy rain will accompany the stronger thunderstorms through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-081600- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM- Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 1057 AM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Winds and waves will be locally higher near scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Winds and waves will be locally higher near scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms through Friday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
344 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2018
ALZ060-072130-
Covington AL-
344 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
COVINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
At 343 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Opp, moving west at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Andalusia, Opp, Florala, River Falls, Lockhart, Heath and Gantt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8631 3107 8665 3151 8649 3149 8640
3145 8640 3148 8636 3146 8626 3144 8626
3144 8619 3099 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 104DEG 15KT 3117 8629
DJ/17Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
359 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM FLOOD 2 ESE PEACOCK 31.74N 87.75W
07/07/2018 CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY FROM RAIN RUNOFF AT
OLD HIGHWAY 5 AT ORANGE HILL ROAD NORTH OF
GROVE HILL, AL.
&&
DRJSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 4:13 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 413 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2018 ALZ052-261-MSZ076-072200- Washington AL-Mobile Inland AL-Greene MS- 413 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... At 413 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Deer Park, or 9 miles northwest of Citronelle, moving southwest at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Leakesville and Deer Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3135 8836 3131 8822 3096 8826 3114 8860 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 037DEG 7KT 3120 8833
Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:24 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 41 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.